Alfa Chemistry Scholarship Program

Two important properties of nanomaterials are high-concentration grain boundaries (the cause of grain boundary effect) and nano-crystal grains (the cause of small-size quantum effect). These two effects have greatly changed the mechanical, superconductivity, magnetic, dielectric, optical, and thermodynamic properties of nanomaterials. Materials scientists mainly focus on the plasticity of nano-ceramics, the electrical conductivity of nano-crystals and the large elasticity, high strength and diffusivity of nano-metals.